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I'm thinking of getting the calipers done in red (I bought a car from stock so couldn't spec red at ordering). What are my options realistically? I don't want to repaint myself as I did on the B7 as I'll never match the perfect finish of standard - will a refurb company be able to get it OEM quality? Anyone have any idea on costs?

There's plenty of places that'll do it for you for around £150 all in.
However, I'd get Audi to take them off and refit them for you though, to save any issues with warranty as RS4's are reasonable well known to develop brake noise, and I can imagine 'incorrect reassembly' would be an easy way for them to get out of a warranty claim
I'd expect to pay around £150 labour to have them removed and refitted, and then around £75 for them to be painted properly with a decent heat proof paint
I expect you could source the decals on Ebay or somewhere online

Or swap with somebody that has red ones. A lot (all?) of the limited edition cars come with red. If I bought one with red I'd swap them for a black set.

MikeFish wrote:Or swap with somebody that has red ones. A lot (all?) of the limited edition cars come with red. If I bought one with red I'd swap them for a black set.

This is a good idea - I didn't know people might want to swap. Cheers all

Ive seen some lovely red ones on a r8 with ramics, totally different red from the standard ones
Reckon they would look great with your body colour

RIV wrote:Ive seen some lovely red ones on a r8 with ramics, totally different red from the standard ones
Reckon they would look great with your body colour

Dear santa...

Think it will clash a little with the purple Ross. A silvery grey would work IMO.

marc1 wrote:Think it will clash a little with the purple Ross. A silvery grey would work IMO.

Like the ceramic colour... yeah? If only!

I have been debating getting the calipers wrapped in red with decals. There is a company local to me that does this sort of thing on Ferraris, lambo's etc.

Easy to remove as well.

A nice image of mine if you need a reference

I have to say red is what I like, it was a £400 extra and my wife couldn't see the point, hey ho.

Pardon the dirty wheels, this pic was before the detailing.

Does any Wife understand?

Having seen some today I think it'll clash so I'm going to stay black. After all, once you've gone black...

Told you it'd clash.

Better picture after a good clean.